Legal Opinion
Save Our Local Environment II v. Foster Township Board of Supervisors
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 6, 1991No. 8 C.D. 1990PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CRUMLISH, Jr., Senior Judge.
A citizen’s group known as Save Our Local Environment II (SOLE II) appeals a Luzerne County Common Pleas Court order granting Beltrami Enterprises’ (Beltrami) motion for summary judgment. We reverse.
Beltrami applied for a curative amendment to the Foster Township zoning ordinance which would allow him to use 3300 acres of his land for solid waste disposal. The Board of Supervisors conducted public hearings on Beltrami’s proposal. After these hearings were closed, Beltrami submitted modifications to the amendment he originally proposed.
The post-hearing…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Willey AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
- Graack v. Bd. Sup. L. NazarethCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Sweigart AppealCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
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